1980

I grew up in the 1980's in a four bedroomed house my family's my grandma three or four aunties uncles and brothers in and out of prison daily certain times when there was no heat we'd stay under covers there was life like you've never see granny taking extra people in come dinner time it was tipping 18 boil a big pot of water on the stove to take a bath rub my face with olive oil all my mates used to laugh then my cousins moved out and we all got divide started to get older I seen god providing I seen 50 pound last for 3 months solid I got my first pair of nikes I was still eating porridge Me and my cousin used to play mel and kim practicing dancing coming down the stairs and ting I touched Africa and came back darker knowing my self feeling my roots a little bit harder 1980 year that god made me 89 I started to get mine 99 I started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life 1980 year that god made me 89 I started to get mine 99 I started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life so then we moved up thought I was the fresh prince dynasty was re-runs and dallas was faded with three beds this time and six kids still we got a dog and yes that dog loved to shit but my brother got his first pair of la gear he thought they were to take pictures of instead of wear but we started hanging out my jeans got tighter my weird neighbours set their own house on fire church was all day every day and every week that's where we learnt how to sing hearing the pastor preach benediction is all we wait for so we could run home and play connect four mum worked late and we learnt to cook sasparilla and stew pea soup in the room watching kung fu films and Cleopatra jones wishing we were cosby kids and the matchstick girls 1980 year that god made me 89 I started to get mine 99 I started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life 1980 year that god made me 89 I started to get mine 99 I started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life the man downstairs was dead for three weeks his own cats started eating him the house starts to reek that's when we moved out and our house was bigger we had a large garage and the attic was killer we used to pray for three hours in the morning sitting on the school bus believe we were snoring all our hair was stuck down to our foreheads jam and spritz doo rags and pin curls yes sexy boys walking round showing interest in what I don't know cos we all had flat chest and don't think we never mastered the kid and play steps doing the wop for days and the bogle yep but this is just the beginning of my life time 9 kids a house and 1 life time the beginning of my life right 9 kids a house and 1 life time. 1980 year that god made me 89 I started to get mine 99 I started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life 1980 year that god made me 89 I started to get mine 99 I started to write rhymes come walk with me reminisce on my life